Egypt

Jihan el-Tahri is an Egyptian writer, director, and producer. After receiving a degree in political science from the American University in Cairo, she worked as a news correspondent for British and American newspapers, covering the Middle East and Africa. She has authored, directed and produced award-winning documentary films, and books and reported on political conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. In 1990, El-Tahri began directing and producing documentaries for French television and international broadcasters. Her produced and directed documentaries, including the award-winning film Behind the Rainbow. She also produced and directed the acclaimed documentary Cuba: An African Odyssey and the Emmy-nominated House of Saud. Her 2014 Egypt's Modern Pharaohs, a trilogy of films about former Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, was funded by a grant through the Doha Film Institute. Jihan's other accomplishments include being a member of the Executive Bureau of FEPACI (Federation of Pan-African Cinema) and the Secretary General of the Guild of African filmmakers in the Diaspora. Biography Source

Filmography

Voleurs d’organes (1990 - 1994)
The Spiral Tribe: Rave Parties in UK (1990 - 1994)
Abortion in Ireland (1990 - 1994)
Algérie: la vie malgré tout (1990 - 1994)
Holidays in Hell (1995 - 1998)
L’Afrique en morceaux: la tragédie des grands lacs (1998)
54 heures d’angoisse (2000)
Histoire d’un suicide: Pierre Bérégovoy (2001)
Viewpoints on AIDS (2002)
The Price of Aid (2003)
House of Saud (2005)
Cuba: An African Odyssey (2006)
Behind the Rainbow (2009)
Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs (2014)